Author Archives: Derrick Scott

This week, the City of Clarence-Rockland launched its new, modernized website, designed to be more user-friendly and accessible. The mobile-friendly portal offers simplified navigation, an improved ca...

Maison Interlude is launching its 2025 "Collective Light" fundraising campaign, with a goal of $100,000 to support services for women and children who are victims of violence in Prescott-Russell and S...

The Roger-Sguin Visitor Centre in Clarence Creek wants to build a new 128-bed complex, but it lacks $12.6 million to complete the financing. Nearly $3 million has already been spent, with $16.6 millio...

In Chute--Blondeau, the rehabilitation work on Augustin-Larocque Park is progressing. The Municipality of East Hawkesbury has already invested more than $62,000 for the demolition of dilapidated struc...

The Alfred-Plantagenet council received a petition with nearly 130 signatures asking to rename the Curran community centre in honour of former mayor Jean-Yves Lalonde, who died in 2024. A teacher, pri...

In Alfred-Plantagenet, Councillor Ian Walker expressed concern about the lack of information to residents regarding a zoning by-law amendment for lands along Highway 17. The change removes their desig...

Doug Ford was in Embrun on Monday to announce a $10-million provincial investment in the Russell Recreation Complex, a $104-million project already under construction since 2024 and scheduled to open ...

The Russell County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating a series of break and enters that have occurred in the Casselman area over the past few weeks. These incidents have primar...

The mayor of Russell, Mike Tarnowski, is proposing that the United Counties of Prescott-Russell adopt a new property tax subclass for multi-family buildings. This measure would provide tax relief only...

The Hawkesbury General Hospital Foundation has received a $10,000 donation from the new owners of Hawkesbury Toyota, Peter and Philip McLean and Gabriel Gagnon. Already active in philanthropy in other...